THE FRESH. rVWSBXP DAU.T (BUHPAT9 B¥ JOHN W. t'ORNEY. OFFICE H«. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. fUS DJV ' T PRESS) Twilti Cents Peb Week, payable to the Carrier. ' Hailed Jo enbacribora out ef the City at Six Dollars I'Feb abnom, Four Dollars FOR Bight Months, TUKBI Poll abs m S« MvOTUO— lnvariably In eil • TU ice for Die time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers nfli of the Oily St TfIRIS POL LABS ri> Annum, in advance. CLOTHING. rpo THE GENTLEMEN OF PHI- LADELPHIA AND VICINITY. A CARD. It having been next to an impossibility, hereto fore, to obtain CUSTOMER-MADE CLOTHING, at MODERATE PRICES, and finding that many gentleman would prefer their Clothing MADE TO ORDER, if they could secure at the same time REALLY FIRST-CLASS STYLES, and at REALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at the earnest solicitation of our patrons, organized, in connection with onr extensive Ready-Made Sales-Rooms, a complete CUSTOMER DEPART MENT, In wblcli the prominent features are, Ist. Fine and Medium Materials, made up iu ■ flrst-elass styles; 2d. Unwscep'iQnabie fitting Garments; 31. Prices FAR LOWER THAN HAS BEEN -CUSTOMARY; 4th. A oorps of the most celebrated cutters in this country, An extensive assortment of the ohoicest im ■ ported and doinestio fabrics from the New York anil Philadelphia markets, suitable for Coats, Pants, 'and Vests, always on hand. la onr Ready-made Salesrooms oan always ho .found every variety and style of well-made fashion .- able clothing. Spring stook now ready. PRICES .-MODERATE. Qp A visit is solicited. WANAMAKER & BROWN, MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, “OAK MALL,” 8, E ooii SIXTH »ui MARKET Stroota, mU27-lm MILLINERY HOODS 1862. spring 1802 WOOD & CARY. (SnccMßorv to Lincoln, Wood, A Nichole,) No. TIS CHESTNUT STREET, Have now In Store a complete stock S3TRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS, BILK EOKNEXS, STRAW ANjD PALM-LEAF HATS, Ac. To which they rasnQetfnlly Invite tho attention of the former patrons of tho house and the trade generally. marl2-2m <$ 8 p RIN 1862. M. BEEN HEIM, No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET, Haa now la store, end is daily receiving, the latest styles in BISSONS, FEENCH FLOWEES, WBEATHS, SILKS, CEAPES, LACES, AMD OTHEB millinery goods. To which lift respectfully tayitee the attention at the TEABE. PRICES LOW. fmh34-2m ___ __ * : 1862. gPBING. 3RIBBONS, MILLINERY, STRAW GOODS. KOSENHEIM, BROOKS, & Co., SO. 431 MAKKET STREET, Bara now open—and to whioh daily aiUitiona are mad*— “““ DBBAIi HASBBUSIE VARIETY RIBBONS. SONNST MATfiftlAdjS* FLOWERS, RUCHES. STRAW AND FANCY BONNETS, yTBBUW AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLATS, SHAKER HOODS, and ALL OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY LINE, Which wifi be offered at the LOWEST MARKET PRICES. The attention of the trade ia respectfully invite*. MtootiOQ giTon to filling ortort. »M9-an FjIHOMAS KENNEDY & BRO., T*« CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth. SPRING MILLINERY GOODS, n&IS-Sm] AT LOW PBIOB9. "Yarns, Batts, & varfbt chains. H.FRANUISCUS, WHILESALS DEALER IN YARNS, *33 BAREST and 3 North FIFTH Street, j PHILADELPHIA, luyera v3l find a fall Bto ok off COTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN CARPET CHAIN, COTTON YARN. TWIST,FILING, CAPPING, BATTING, | COTTON LAPS, Tl* TIBBS, TWIltEg, CANDLE WICI, OOVKB.aT t!rs, vhoqm vwttnSlJ, SH»« Ttutsans. •ULUKi and giant twihUi j BED CORDS, WASH AND PLOUGH LINES, COTTON, HBtP, AND MANILLA CORDAGE. Olso, * fall assortment of FLY NETS, Whih he offers at Manufactured LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. WOODS! AND WILLOW WARE. H. TRANCISOUS. *33 MAKET end 3 North FIFTH Street, PHILADELPHIA, HOI.BSALB nBAUB 19 WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. Atara on hand, a fuU Stock of trtJfte, buck re, ohuuns, ue&SUBJSSi BBOOUB, WHISKS, fa: oy baskets. WALL, StUB, and SWEEPING BRUSHES, LORKINfpLASSRS aud WINDOW PAPER, Meta, Rleie, Hour Buckets, Neet Boxea, WASH BOAis, ROLLING ttA CLOTHES PINS. FLOOR ad TABLE OIL CLOTHS. SCHOOL. IkRKKT. and DINNER BASKETS. Nledi, Barrow Carriage!, Hobby Hone*, it., it. 1 AU Goods sold at LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. »UIA» ! CHINj AND tJUEENSWARE. JgOYI>& STKOIJD, NO. 31 NORTH FOURTH STREET, (Four dors below the Merchant.’ Hotel,) Jf otfer to |oßDtrf ufrcltwiii a lws* itoA of CHINA, dLASS, & QUEENSWARE. ipßlm CABIfIET fT'KNITUKJS. CABINET EURNITURE AND BID- Ww? £a*d tadlib. BJOOBE & CAMPION. No. 201 (tooth BXOO NP Street, •fn comiotioa with their extensive Cabinet PtubMia ere tOTtmiaafhctarinf » enperior article ot BILLIARD TABLEB, And tain now on hand n foil sandy, finished with the MOOR; * CAMPION’B IMIBOYBD CUSHIONS, •which tf preuouneedi br ill who have ml them, to bn «"»«*«» nu othen. For tl» anility and finish of thaw tnblM th* mana- Hacturen rarer to their nnmeronn gntnnn throughout the Union! who an familiar with the character of their work. 1 feSt-Oa WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o. Afresh assortment, at less TBAH FORMER PRICES. VARK A BROTHER, gotten, 3M CHESTNUT Str«t, below Vewttk VOL. 5-NO. 223. JEWELRY, Ac. £1 L A K K'S ONE DOLLAR STORE. 602 CHESTNUT STREET. NEW GOODS, NEW STYLES, AND NEW PRICES. For ONE DOLLAR you can buy any one of the fol lowing articles: Beta of Silver Plated Tea Spoons. k « *• i>wvrt ** it 44 4c Tablo ** n M a k Forks. ii « u Dee»rt h Pair it il aaJ Pork. u ** “ Napkin Bings, 44 4 i u Butter Knives. Silver Plated Sugar Bowl. V* tt Butter Binli. it 44 Molasses Pitcher, 44 44 Cream 44 •• i* Castor, u k Waiter. u 4t Goblet. u i« Drinking Cop. « « Bugar Sifter. Gold Flatod Vest Chain, all stsles. it k Guard u u « ii ii Neck 44 44 44 44 44 Chatelaine, 44 44 «< 44 44 lf •• ModtUlioiii 44 44 44 44 Armlets, 44 14 44 44 Breast Pin, 44 14 m ii Ear Bings, 44 44 *< “ Pin and Vrvpsh aU styles, 44 44 Studs and Buttons, 44 44 <4 ii Solitary Slojvo Button, ail styles.. •* 44 Bosom Studs, 44 44 ii ii Finger Bings. « “ U 44 Pencils, 44 44 i< 44 Pen with Poncil Case. Ladies* or Gentlemen’a Fort Mnimain, Cubas, Bags, Ac.', fa, All Goods WftttftUtOd «9 TflOTC* eeucedi Wo Hbtoou baud a large amarunent or Photo graph Albums, Mantel Clocks, Travelling Bags, and Gold Jewelry, which vre are closing off at coat. The at tention of the trade respectfully solicited. D. W. OLARK’S ONE POLL Alt STORE, i>o« CHESTNUT Street. DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. XTEW SPUING AND SUMMER GOODS. M. L. HALLOWELL & 00., 533 MARKET and 37 NORTH FOURTH STB., yfholwle Dealers in SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS, Desirous of selling off their stock of goods, previous to removing to tlieir Now Storn* in “ JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING CHESTNUT STJREET, Offer for the remainder of tho season, ut Wholesale only, their A.ITHACTIVI3 STOCK M' ro&onlly-purchased DRESS GOODS. At prices generally much under COST OF IMPORTATION. They will also offer, at low* prices, A weli-selocted assortment of other goods in their line, many of which will be sold at a GREAT SACRIFICE. apl?'Qiwr>ttku 1862/ SPEINO - 1862. ABBOTT.JOHNES.fi CO.. 527 MARKET STREET, Have now opon an entirely new aud attractive stock ia ENGLISH, PEENCH, GERMAN, AND AMERICAN DRESS GOODS. Also, a 101 l assortment in WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &0., &0., ■Fe which they Invite the attention of the trade. ■ OFRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE A Oou mbls-tf No. 329 MARKET ST. 1862. SFRINB- 1862. RIEGEL. BAIRD. A CO., TMWffITMRS AND JOBBERS DRY GOODS. HO. IT HOBTH THIRB BTBIIT, rniLIDELPHIA. Herohant! yiaiting this City tb ptHChaSt DBT Goods trill find our Stock large and admirably assorted, and at Low Figures. In certain classes or Goods we offer Induoements to purchasers unequalled by any other house in Philadelphia. mhl3-2m IMPORTATIONS. HOSIERY. GLOVES, GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS, WHITE GOODS, AND EMBROIDERIES. THOS. MELLOR & 00.. DhlS-tka 40 and 42 North THIRD Street. JAMES. KENT. SANTEE. St CO., IKPOBTRSS AND JOBBERS or DRY GOODS. »■» 22* and 241 N, THIRD STBEST, ABOVE RACE, PHILADELPHIA, Have new open their ureal LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK or FOKBIGH AND DOMESTIC DAY GOODS, Among which win bo foud a more than usually attrac tive veeUtr of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS; Alee, a foil aaaortment of MERRIMACK AND OOODEOO PRINTS, and philadelphia-hadx goods. To whlah the? invite the special attention of buyers, odtl-tn UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. YjpdL H. RICHARDSON HAS REMOVED TO 660 MARKET STBHKF, Bonthweet corner of Fifth, And offers n beautiful aaaortment eg umbrellas, parasols, TENTS, AND CANES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, mhM.lw HATS AND CAPS. I QG9 SPRING STOCK 1 Q££l IOUtO. COMPLETE. -LOILVI C. H. GARDEN A Co.. Manufacturer! of and Wholesale Dealer, in HATS, CAPS, AND FURS; STRAW GOODS, FANCY SILK AND STRAW BONNETS, Artificial Flowers,- Roches, Feathers, Ac., So. 600 sod,6oS MARKET Street, S. W. coiner o SIXTH Street W A large end complete stock. The heat terms and the lowest prices. Cash and prompt “ time buyers” an particularly invited to examine oar stock. mbl-fim gRTJSHES BLACKSMITHS’ BELLOWS, KEMBLE & VAN HORN, mliSfl-3m Ho, 331 MABSST Street, Fbllaila %\t rlss. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1862. Books—Coming and Present. Publishers are emerging from the torpidity into which “hard times” throw them, since the com mencement of the war. Tioknor A of Bos ton, hare just issued the third and fourth volumes of Lockhart’s Life of Scott, to match their House hold Edition of the Waverly Novels and Tales of a Grandfather. Tffo Qtfcer volumes will be pub lished next month, and the ninth, completing the work, in July. The work is printed at the River side Press, and contains several biographical notes not in the Edinburgh edition- It is illustrated with fine Steel plates—the following having already Appeared, viz r Vignette of Scott, from Chantrey’s bust; portraits of Scott at the age of six r of his fuiher and mother) and of J. tf. Lockhart. TTith great propriety, a short biography of Lockhart is appended. Xtu> game publishers hare published what will he an acceptable volume to many, 11 Beauties, se lected from the writings of Thomas De Quincey, author of Confessions of an English Opium-Hater. 7 ' These consist of a series of Heleotfons fr*ni the Au tobiographical portions of his works, Dreams, Nar ratives, Essays, and short Critiques and Remini scences. Altogether, a delightful book, in which the author is zumle to toil hf 9 own story. TllOrO is an introductory notice of Do Quincey’g Life and Writings—in which, by the way, though the date of his death is given, that of bis birth is not. There I? also a characteristic portrait. These publications of Ticknor & Fields have reached us through J. B. Lippincott & Go. and T. B, Peterson & Brothers. From atmounoementain the new number of the Atlantic Monthly , we learn that T. & F. have a large number of new books in the press. Among these are two new novels, by Mrs. Stow©, 11 Th« Pearl of Osr’s Island,” a story of the coast of Maine, and “ Agnes of Sorrentp,” an Italian story. Also, Dr. Holmes 7 Poems, in blue and gold; the Amber Clods, and other stories, by Miss Harriot E,Prescott; a new volumo of Essays and Addresses for the Times, by Emerson ; Clough’s Botbie of Tober na Vuolich, blue and gold; Eyes and Ears, by H, W. Beecher; Edwin Brothortoft, by the late Theodore Winthrop; Ravemboe, a novel, by Henry Kingsley, whose Australian story ( ;t Geoffrey Hamlyn >J ) is equal to the beat ever written by his brother Charles • Lite and Letters of Theodore Parker; an illustrated edition of Tennyson’s Poems; new books by Mrs. Horace Mann, Dr. George B. Windahip, Professor Lowell, and Bayard. T&ylor; and the Life and Let ters of Professor Wilson, (Kit North,) by his daughter. When publishing goes on, of oourse the Harpers are in the throng. They now announce a Hand, book for Travellers in Europe and the East, by W. P. Fctridge, in large 12mo, which, from the author’s full acquaintance with his subject, is sure to be a good and useful book. Captain Burton’s City of the Saints (of Utah); 0. W. Baldwin’s Ten Years’ Sporting Adventure in South Africa; J. S. Mills’ Ropreaentativa Government ,* Tr<?llvpc’s Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson; Mrs. Oliphant’s Last of the Two Mortimers; and Bar rington, a new novel by Charles Lever, are all ttxuvog Harpcis’ annvMuosmont fur immediate publi* cation, os well as some new and good school books. Last week, discoursing about Riverside editions of standard works, we also mentioned the beautiful typography of the University Press, Welsh, Bige low, and Company, Cambridge. We have two specimens to refer to, from this press. One Is a specimen page of Henry Reeve’s well-known traw lation of Alexander DeTooqucville’s “ Democracy in America,” in two volumes, to be edited, with notes, by Francis Bowen, Alford Professor in H&r* void University, and published by John Bartlett, Cambridge. The translation will be revised, and offensive and uncalled-for portions of Mr. Reeve’s preface excised, At this time, when the truth of De Tocqueviile's book is generally admitted to be proved by .the logic of events, a new, good, and handsome edition, such as this will be, cannot fail to sell. The finest specimen of typography, from the Cambridge University Press that has yet met our eye, is on sale at McElroy & Co.'s Foreign god American book store, 2T South Sixth street. It is a goodly Bvo, on tinted paper, with beautiful type, and illustrations engraved on wood und steel—the latter colored.’ All these engravings were drawn from nature under the supervision of Professor Agassiz. It is entitled “ A Treatise on Some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation,” by Thaddeus William Horn., M. D., V# VaBJUrKIgO, BUd thO present is a new edition, enlarged and improved, with additions from the Author’s manuscripts and notes. The editor is Charles h, Flint, Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, and himself a standard writer on agricultural subjects. It is published by Crosby & Nichols, Boston, and contains, index inclusive, 651 pages octavo. This truly splendid volume has a history, as follows: The first edition was the result of one of a series of scientific surveys of Massachusetts, instituted under tho auspices of tho Hon. Edward Everett, tben Governor of that State. It was presented to the Legislature of Massachusetts in 1811. The work met with such favor, and was found to be of such great praetieai value, that the Legislature ordered another edition to be printed, which appeared in 1852, very much enlarged, and including most of the JWSWM insects cf the country. Neither of those editions wss illustrated. The importanoe of tho work was so fully appreciated, and it was fbund to be of suoh value, both to the farmers of the State and tho Students of Natural History-, that the Legislature of 1350 ordered a third edition, enlarged and improved, with suitable additions and illus trations, and made an appropriation of $lO,OOO for the purpose. The distribution Of this edition was fully regulated by law, so that it was not placed within the reach of very many who desired to obtain it, but the editor was au thorized lo use tho plates prepared for the illustra tion of the edition for the Commonwealth, in pub lishing one or more editions designed for a wider circulation than that for the State could be eipeoted to b&ve. The illustrations are numerous and su perb, including nearly 300 wood-cuts iu the highest style of the art, and nearly a hundred objects on steel, colored from life by hand. The great and peculiar value of the work consists in the fulness, simplicity, and scientific accuracy of the descriptions. It is eminently practical as well as scientific. It has had the benefit of the highest talent end knowledge of most of the distinguished entomologists of the coun try, including Dr. J. L. LeComte, of Philadelphia; Baron Osten-Sacken, of the Russian Legation, at VYjuLiugu.u j l>r. Morris and Philip R. Uhler, Esq., of Baltimore, and many others, while the drawings passed under the inspection of Professor Agassiz, previous to being engraved. It WrttUOly is tllo finest, work on entomology that hag ever appeared in this country. Parts 9 and 10 of the National Portrait Gallery, published by Johnson, Fry, A Co., Now York, from Original drawings hy Alonzo Chappel, with biographies by Evert A. Duyckinck. contains full length portraits of Rufus Choate, Stephen Girard, J. Fenimors Cooper, and Cenoral T. MucdonougU, They are carefully engraved on steel, in line and stipple. Collectors should he aware that the portiaita in this Beries will admirably illustrate American autographs. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, a Year-Book of Facts on Science and Art for 1862. edited by David A. Wells, A. M., and published by Gould &, Lincoln, Boston, is one of a very interesting and valuable series. It reoords, clearly and un derstandingly, all the important discoveries and Improvements In every department of science In the past year, abroad and at borne, with an intro ductory summary by tho editor, and a portrait of Captain Pahlgren, whose name is so well known, by the destructive missiles Of Warfare he has in vented. The book is on sale here by Smith, English, A Co. Mr. Putnam, New York, has issued Part I, im perial octavo, with portraits and maps, of the Com panion to the Rebellion Record, edited by Frank Mooro, to which work it will be supplementary, It gives speeches, battle-reportß, letters, I&W8, State-papers, and other the War and Us Causes. The portraits in this number are of Senator Sumner and Hon, Joseph Holt. Supplied by J. McFarlan, 33 South Sixth street. We have some new religions books. Foremost, published at New York, and sold here by Peter sons, is “ The Spirit of Hebrew Poetry,” by Isaac Taylor, author of the well-known and deservedly popular “ Natural History of Enthusiasm.” His new book, an extension of Lectures delivered in Scotland in 1832, is a thoughtful and ingenious Ad dition w the Literature of the Bible. In “Faith; treated in a Series of Discourses,” by James W. Alexander. D. D , (one vol. 12oio, pp. 414,) wo have the Discourses on Faith, delivered in 16a5’5Tj by tha late Dr. Alexander to his congregation of the Fifth-avenue Church, New York. It was his purpose to have enlarged and thrown these into a treatise, but ill health prevented it. They i» here reproduced as be delivered them—thirteen in number, with three general discourses added, to make the volume of full size. If possible, they will even increase the high reputation of their able and excellent author. Published by C. Scribner, New York. The Church in the Army; or, the Four Centuri ons, by the Rev. Dr. W. A, Scott, of San Fran cisco, (published by G. W. Carleton; New York,) has the definite purpose of showing, from Scripture records and the biographies of recent God-fearing soldiers, that the military profession U not incom patible with the possession and practice of true re PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1862. ligion. Dr. Scott certainly proves his case, though he repeais himself in his frequent references to General Havelock. We notice (p. 240) that he quotes a sacred poem in which home is made to with done and raft, and (p- 409) that ho mentions the canon “every man has his price,” as Horace Walpole’s, whereas it was declared by Sir Hubert Walpole, the great letter-writer’s father. Numismatics have numerous disciples in this country. The priced catalogue of American coins, medals, and tokens, the property of Mr Edward Cogan, 48 North Tenth street, sold by auction, last month! attests this. The very first Item shows the fancy prices' which rare coins obtain here. It is a silver dollar of 1794, which sold for $18.25. A Sil ver half dollar, of 1786, brought $2B, A dime, of 1800, went as high as $!); another, of 1838, brought $3O ; and one of 1843, uncirculated, brought the I same ; while one half-dime, of 1796, wont for £5.80, and another, of ISOS, very rare, which had been used as a button, sold for $O. A copper cent, of 1796, was sold for $15.75, and a rare half-oent, oi 1542, as high as $lB, Mr, Cogau’s coilection, including experimental and pattern pieces, many of [them never circluatod or adopted, colonial money, tradesmen’s pieces, and medals, realized a large sum. We have received, from Mr. Cogan, an octavo pamphlet, by Alfred H. Satterlie, New York, enti tled “An Arrangement of Medals and Tokens, struck In honor of tho Presidents of tho Varied States, and of tho Presidential Candidates, from the Administration of John Adams to that of Abra ham Lincoln, inclusive. ’ ’ The compiler, who chiefly describes from originals in bis own possession and that of Robert Hewett, Jr , Btates that he does not in clude the Washington series, because that has been completely and admirably don? by James KOSS Snowden, of Philadelphia, to whose work he issues his own as a supplement. Mr. Satterlie here de scribes 360 medals and coins of Presidents and of candidates for tho Presidency. A Curious aud lu teresting annotated catalogue this is. In fiction, the leaves are scarcely stirring. Chas. Scribner,New York, has republished,in ahandsome ismo volumo, “Tho Bay-rath; a Tale of New England Colonial Life,” by J. G. Holland—the well-known “Timothy Titcomb” of our excellent conlemporary the Springfield RepitbHcm, The story, first published In 1857, has long been out of print, and is now reproduced to meet a constant demand for it. We find it equal to any other of Dr, Holland’s writings, which is saying a great ‘deal. Of Poetry there is a flush—in a small way. James Miller, New York, publisher of Mrs. Browning’s Poems, la throe Volumes, has com pleted the issue, by her “ Last Poems,” in blue and gold. It contains poems written subsequent ly to thoee elicited by the Italian war of 1859, several contributed osprosaly to the JYew York Independent, and a few never be fore printed, and tiansiations from Theocritus, Apuleius, Nimnus, Hesiod, Euripides, Homer, Anacreon, and Heine. These, actually paraphrases, are the best things in this volume. The quality of most of the poems is inferior. Indeed, since “Aurora Leigh,” a uevel In blank Verse, Mrs, Browning’s poetry shows a marked inferiority to her preceding productions. Still, the volume is necessary to complete the series. A Memorial, critical and biographical, by Theodore Tilton, usheTS in the poems. It is appreciative and ad miring. Mr. Tilton, however, says, “Nowand then she misses a point of history, as for instance: > Calvin tor ibe rest, Made bold to bum Servetus -’ though certainly Calvin did not burn Servetus.” On tho contrary, that Calvin did burn Servetus is & fact as certain as that Columbus discovered Ame rica. In 1546, Calvin wrote to Farel and Viret, that if ever Servetus came to Geneva, he would take goto that he should net escape In Sufutj-, Six years later, when Servetus waa in Geneva, he was arrested, Calvin’s own servant, La Fontaine, being the accuser. Calvin himself drew Up the articles of accusation. Calvin headed the party which condemned Servetus, which condemnation caused the poor man to he burned alive on October 27th, 1553. The biography of Servetus (Knight’s English Cyclopaedia, VOl. V, p. 415) Concludes thus : “No act of barbarity perpetrated by tho Roman Catholics ever surpassed the burning of Servetus, in which Calvin appears to have been actuated by private hatred, almost os much as by religious fa naticism, and in which he filled all the parts of informer, prosecutor, and judge. Mr. Tilton will make a note of this, to correct his misstatement in future editions. * HARPER’S MAGAZINE The May number, completing the 24th volume, has reached us through Pctorson and Brothers, and J. E. Lippincott 6 Co, It contains continuation! of “The Adventures Of Philip,” by 'Thackeray; “ Mistress aud Maid,” by Miss Mulook, and “ Or ley Farm,” by Anthony Trollope; there is also, by Dr. Wynne, we presume, an excellent sketch of Dr. Valentine Mott, of New York, here oalled “ the father of Amerioan surgery.” Illustrative ef Northern humor is an amusing and anecdotal chapter, called “Pinches from a Scotoh Mull.” There are two or three short stories, and, with en gravings, “ What are the Nerves,” a physiological paper. The best article, this month, id upon Ame rican Historical Trees, with nineteen portraits of memorable trees, Penn’s Treaty Elm included. Another illustrated paper is Part I. of “ A Dan gerous Journey,” tho scene being Californian, and the narrative very graphic. The Monthly Record of Current Events has the merit of being clear and accurate in its carefully-ascertained and weH digesied stateinents. THE SWORD-BEARER jFor The PreHa.) Brave Morris saw tho day was lost; For nothing now remained, On the wrecked end sinking Cumberland, But to save the flag unstained. So he swore an oath in the sight of Heaven, — If be kept it the world can tell “ Before I striko to a rebel flog, I’ll sink to the gates of hell!” “Here, take my sword; ’t is In my way; I shall trip o’er the useless steel; For I’ll meet the lot that falls to all With my shoulder it the wheel.” So the little negro took the sword; And eh! with what ravesaut e&rej Following his master, step by step, He bore it here and there I A thought had oropt through his sluggish brain, And shone in his dusky foot, That somehow—be could not tell just how— I waa tbs sword of bis trampled race. And as Morris, great with his lion heart, Rußhed onward, from gnn to gun, The little negro slid after him, Like a shadow in the sun. Hut something of pomp, and of curious pride, The sable creature wore, Whieh at any time, but a time like that, Would havo made us laugh and roar. Over the wounded, dying, and doad, Llko an usher of the rod. The black page, full of his mighty trust, With dainty caution trod. No heed he gave to the flying bail, No heed to the bursting shell; His duty was something more thin life, And he strove to do it well. < Down, with our starry’flag apeak, In thA Whirling sea we sank, And captain and orew, and the sword-bearer, Were washed from the bloody plank. They picked us up from the hungry waves; — Alas ! not all!—And where, Where is the faithful negro lad?— “Baok oars! avast! look there!” We looked ; and, as Heaven may save my soul, I pledge you a sailor’s word. There, fathoms deep in tho soa, ho lay, Still grasping his master’s sword! We drew him out; and many an hem We wrought with his rigid form, Ere the almost smothered spark of life By slow degrees grew warn), The first dull glanoe that his eye-balls rolled, Was down towards his shrunken hand; And ha smiled, and closed his eyes again As they fell on the rescued brand. And no one touched the saored sword, Till at length, when Morris eame, The little negro stretched it out, With bis eager eyes aflame. And if Morris wrung the poor boy’s hand, And his words seemed hard to speak, And tears ran down bia manly obeeks, What tongue shall call him weak ? Guonttu H- SoKgtt- FROM GEN. HALLECK’S ARMY. Graphic Letters by our Special Corres pondent* Our Soldiers Poisoned—Everythin" in Great Confusion—A View of Pittsburg Landing— ¥tie Irvings off the ivestern Sanitary Com* mittee *. An Incident of their Labors. [Correspondence) of The Press ] Fittsui’rq Landing* April lit 1802. 'Wo MTIYCfI here last Light After <isrk, without any thing of note having occurred, except an incident at Pa ducah. Two men were poisoned by strychnine concealed in apples. They were Inquiring for SPPIVB» When ft man Btvpprt up aud offered them some, Haying “Tlidy needn’t buy* they were welcome to these.” The men very fool ishly took and ate them, and in a short time were seized wi*li all the symptomß of yoisoning. Several surgCOQH were on boards and they »u coincided in the opinion that the men were poisoned by strychnine. When will our soldiers learn that they are 1q an enemy's country, where every man is a spy, and where it jg t&Q only fiftf© POIiCT tv deem vrery man a rebel till he is proved loyal ? It is all very well for the rebels to talk among themselves about their »lbcdy cause,” but the world will never be lieve that a cause which can only be sustained by tltt swpivj went -f Indiana and poison* is anything but that of the arch fiend himself. We find everything here in great confusion. The de feat of Sunday aud the victory of Monday wore each in IkfiMflilWS 66 la their reunite as lettTO th© IDQ* piesfcions of both on_the present state of affairs. The men are jubilant, but in a measure demoralized ; full of revtnge, but affected by the serious losses from their fClJimjiStS- . Wo h&ld otar poelllob mud pvrffVCtly BO* cure from attack, but our tentß are destroyed, our bag gage is gone, all the private propert* of the ofiicers has been etolen» and tfce regiments now and lately arriving, haying made forced marches to get here* are also without tentß OF bßgffftgO. General Halleck is here, and that fact gives a tone of confidence and buoyancy to every thing. We all doubt whether the enemy will soon fight agflini but think that our generul’a policy ia to eoMpel hhn to fight if he can, and iu view of this prospect every body is on the sui vive. The Taw treopa who were dis comfited on Sunday, would have been beaten had they been-.TefcffftoVi forco brought againtt ua waa overpowering, but they have hod an experience which is worth a year’s drilling in camp, and the next time they get into a fight they will show themselves as good men as we have ever had in the field, rnteburg consists of two houm The landing is sim ply the worbings of a high gravelly bluff. It is crowded with steamers landing stores and troops, and receiving the wtunded. The rains which have prevatyed Iftfoly We covered everything With a COatfllg Of UlUd. The levee, eucli as it is, is covered with every imaginable thing in the shape of stores. Scattered all about are round shot and unexploded shells half buried in the Iteu’ii on tka brow of the bluff-, arty yards from the prin cipal landing, are dead bodies yet uoburied, covered with mud, and the lain pouring pitilessly down in their faces. Arms and legs are scattered about like bags of corm Htumpi* any othe* ih', as . i- bis afternoon a corpse was brought down, dressed in shirt and drawers, with a bullet hole through the heart, and laid close to the livers’ edge in the mud. The loading aud unloading of the boats went » n d xq<?u pae&ed by the Eenselesa body. No notice was taken of theghastly white form staring out of the blaik mud up into the sky, except by an occasional passer by, and there it Ifty until long after sundown, and the work of the day wftß done, end then it was removed. Fascinated by the horror of the scene, I had the curiosity to go and sec the body. 15ut when I scrutinized the face its ex pression was so p<Bs9ful and happy that I no lonsae dreaded to look at it. In spite of all the ghastly sur roundings it was a pleasure to gaze upon the face of a txue patriot, who was proud and glad to have died for his country. The hospital boats wore a scone of great interest to me. The many patriotic and agonizing scenes that then passed under my eyes would be either harassing or un interesting to your readers; but all will he glad fo know b9vr much good our Western sanitary Commissions are doing. We have now had, in the West, three severe battles within railroad communication of Chicago and Cincinnati. As Boon ae the news has been received, a cat filled wlti* aurees physicians} and well supplied with hospital stores, has left each of these cities, and as soon aa the wounded are sufficiently collected to be within the available reach of the sanitary C9rp3i they arrive end *r© ready for duty. They relieve the soldiers of all the work of taking card of the sick, and, being all men of some experience and skill, are very, efficient in comforting and Baying the lives of the voutidsd. Many a man who haw died if left in the field ctunpe, or taken care of only by the force that can be ordinarily brought to bear by the medical staffs or the brigades or regiments, has been saved to hia frispda ftbdhH country by the assiduity aud ski.i the physicians and nurses of the Sanitary Commission. There are women, too, among them, tender, loving, compassion ate women, whose very presence is like the sunshine, and whose soft and sympathaii* V6ta©a have A potency QO - io the sterner sex. It is a terrible sight to 800 strong, bravemsn thrown about on floors, and cots, and. berths, maimed for life, or dead and and dying, and when I think what has dona It, ixiy h&tred for thii, diabolical ro« bellion is intensified Into genuine malignancy. By the way, I heard a story of tho internal conflicts of some of this Sanitary Commission, which I cannot help Ulliu6- On ffii way up, a wa? instituted on board the boat, and owe of tho men, being a minister Of the unadulterated persuasion, said that tlio paramount duty of the corps was to attend to the souls of the sol diers. and while they ware odmlhlslertes badiiy coonforte to preach to them Christ, and tell them of the thief on. the Cross. Upon this, another man aroße, and said that While he believed in tho efficacy and necessity of repent ance, be did not believe in trying to do twe> thinga ait oEce that he had had a good deal of experience in these matters, and had found that all he could attend to was the dressing of wounds, and furnishing food, and drink* aad mf fliciUHi m they were needed; aud that* even If he could at the game time discuss spiritual matters, he thought, when, looking at thoße wounded and dying men, and seeing how much they had done for the great cause of freedom and their country, and how little be had done, they were better than be was; and that, to tell thm oi the thief on the Cross, and excite their imaginations by thoughts of death and hell would be not only an UDpar dot able insult but a grievous crimp, ?t)9 brother WbO dealt in this miserable cant was effectually silenced, but I doubt not worked none the less efficiently when he came to the real business of nursing 1 presume the newspapers have all received fall BO? counts of the battles or Sunday and Monday, and any formal account of them would be stale But there aro thousands of details and incidents wluch I BhaU endeavor to send you from time to time. CASCO. ANOTHER LETTER. The Action on Sunday—The Situation on Sun day Wgm—The Saule on Monday—^The Tn« hies turned on the Rebels—We hold our own Ground—What General Buell’s Men are doing*—The Killed, Wounded, and Missing— A CixllaMl WUcoUkitt Regiment—The Rebel Loss Greater than our Own—The Rebels had tlieir Best Troops in the Field—Heavy Re* inforerments arriving at Corinth—When our Army may be expected to make a Forward Movement. [Correspondence of The Press.] Pittsbcrg Landing, April 13,1862. fliero are bo many conflicting rumprs gVIQg about concerning this battle that I despair of giving you the exact truth about every point of it. I have had the ad vantage of very full conversations with members of Ge neral Gratki’e eteff, who Were eye-wltneseee of tho battle, and who know as well as ray one can, until after the official reports are made, what was done, and where and how it was done. I have endeavored to state nothing that I do not find fully corroborated by all kinds of evi dence. My news will be late *, but if it has any effect to set the public mind right in regard to this momentous battle, I shall feel that it is of service. First* then* the Confederates had the immense advan* tag* whith always to an attacking force. All troops are better to make an attack than to repel one. This is the case with veterans, aud more especially with raw troops. Some pf our won had not had muskets for more than a week* and one of the btet divisions in the army was not in the fight of Sunday. Our entire force engaged on Sunday was less than forty five thousand. The lowest estimate by the prisoners and deaerUrsof the attacking force is eighty thousand, and from that up to one hundred and twenty-five thousand. They made a feint on our left, and then a real attack with their full *ww w our right and centre. We fought them for seven hours long, when we were outflanked, and obliged to retire. Some of our batteries were so near the enemy when they ceased firing, that they barely es caped with their guns, and in some cases were obliged to leave them, for which the horses were shot down, or which were disabled on the field. Our wlio’e division (Wallace’s) lost its general, who died the next day, and was; for that reason, almost valueless for the remainder or BuuUay, and ibe whole or Monday * General Lew Wallace's division lost its road, and did not rejoin the army until Bunday morning. After our troops began to retire, General Grant formed three lines of battle, and wade three different etandr, the last close W the landing— that Is, not more than a quarter of a mile from the bluffs. Here ten pieces of artillery, four of them twenty pound Parrott guns, were plaited in a position where they lite rally commanded tbo whpie field, and they were sup ported by infantry, who, seeing the impenetrable wall of fire they presented to the advance of the enemv, became perfectly cool, and refused to retire any further. Thebat teritß were further protected by two ravines on the hither side of which our infantry were posted, and kept up a con- Stantand well-directed fire. On the other side were the enemy, aud, iu our plan, the two bodies were not more than a hundred yards apart. The advanced regiments of the enemy were as near as two hundred yards to three batteries, and the slaughter was terrible. At this time, about one hour before sundown, two fresh regiments of Grant’s command came up the bluff, and I feci perfectly sure t**at ii»e en«xuy could never have get any farther. They tried hard enough. Their whole object was to get hold of our transports and stores, and if they could not hold them to destroy them. Thus they could have tek&n the whole army prisoners, and cone up to reinforce Island No. 10, which was tot expected to be sorely pressed for several days yet. This was their whole ob ject and aim—the sole result to be attained by the expe dition* They were within a unartor of a mile of the place they had been working for all da*, they had lost no prisoners, their wen were all In good order and flushed with victory. Why, then, did they stop 7 Why did they leave their foes stiU in Una of battle, protecting the entire stores of the army! Simply because they could not get any further. No, the result of Sunday was not a victory; it was only a partial victory, and when they were attacked the next morning they were amazed. They expected, they laid, to see the white flag floating over our batteries. The victory was no more won than ours would have been won at Fort Donelson if Buckner had refused to surrender, but begun the fight again. Johnson and Beauregard did very well as far as they went. V>rii they rraily accomplished nothing, wnceih&y did not do what they set out to. xfovr as to the result of the second day. Reinforce ments arrived on Sunday afternon and evening aud Mon day morning to the amount of 16,000 on both sides. Gen Grant sent word to all his men on Sunday night after dark to commence an attack at the oarliost dawn, to threw out skirmishers, and follow them up by brigades. Before light lie sent the same order to Kelson’smen, who had arrived on the bank. The order was obeyed, and now the condition of thiKgs wm mou were surprised j some of them at breakfast; all of them withont the slightest idea that an attack was to he made. Our men marched forward in lino of b&ttlo, attacking instead ?f and, after ft much shorter contest than that of the day before, succeeded in compelling the enemy to retreat, rad finally drove them throe miles be yond where their first attack was made. Tlieir pickets are now ten miles from 9Rr Unv, and ttttir tnaiQ body fif* teen or eighteen miles off, and perhaps farther. Wo have beaten their army, and killed their greatest general. It looks very much as though Beauregard’s laurels had faded considerably. lam of tie opinipß that tbs forC99 were bq equally matched, they having only two to our one, that the advantage, on either side, of attacking was sufficient, other things being e-juat, to determine the result as to who should advance sad who flhOUld retreat l ana now, in a fair field fight* we have whipped them un der their two most celebrated generals. Our line now is substantially what it was before the fight. We occupy our old tents, some of which ? however) are e© riddM with shot aud shell ai to bo useless. Some one had the curiosity to count the holes in one tent, and found upwards oi five hundred bullet holes and six made by shell. A major went back to bis quartern, and picked UP Ills wLick bad Ihlx-ly- seven bwiiel holes Through it, and four made by sboli. On one tree there, were forty* seven marks; on another over fifty. These are onl7 specimen bricks. I saw some trees cut entirely off by CflOUAtt b&IU. All the ItnaKes, even Uie tYVigri, 9IC 9hOt to {feces. There are plenty of such evidences of the severe nature of the fight. Buell’s men made forced marches to get here. They left tents, cfothifigi transportation, and stores allbehind. They are now, and have been ever since the fight, steep ing on the wet ground, without tents or blankets. They have to pack their commissary stores on their backs from the river to their cnmPi Rome two or three miles. jPou* men hang a barrel of beef between them, on poles, and stagger through the mud with it. They are suffering and working most heroically, only rejoicing that they were here fo tak? part in the fight. They have been mired in Kentucky now the whole winter long, and thU is th»ir first smell of gunpowder. Those who are still. back at Nashville and Murfreesboro’ must be in a high state of disgust. No accurate itet of the kilted and wounded can be made for Bomt time. From the best authority I can gather, I judge our killed will amount to 2,000, and our wounded and missing to 8,000 more, of whom 4,000 or 5,000 are prisoners. Some of the regiments Whfoll Were badly CUt up at Donelßon will have to be disbanded. In one, the Eleventh Illinois, there are only one -hundred men left. In others, all the field officers and most of the captains m killed. Eighteenth Wisconsin regiment WAS 9 raw Tegiment, recruited from the pineries, and composed of the hardiest aud best of that celebrated locality, men wbo hunt and trap all winter aod work in lumber-mills altatunmfri They went into battle less than tu*4 wg£ks after leaving Milwaukee, 960 strong. Their colonel and msjor were killed, and their lieutenant colonel desperately wounded. Out of seven captainß wh ? went into the fight, only ono remains, and 580 men, sick and well, &it th«.t now occupy their camp. The rest are killed, wounded, or prisoners. Thoy were on the extreme left, and thier great loss is owing to the fact that they would not fall back. Tlieir field officers were bravo, to rashness, and the men would not fail them Out ef a company of seventy-odd men, In one of the Illinois regiments, only five men are left fit for duty. There are piauy such instant, gl] of which SO to ahow the un« flinching bravery and the nnconam rable determination of our men. The Seceeh have lost many more in killed and wouuded than we. All their dead and wounded of tbtiy parried away j afoo* their vroanded of Monday. But’ wa have buried over 2,500 of thoir dead on the held. Their loss must be nearly 10,000 in killed and wounded, but in prisoners they are ahead of us. Gen. Prentiss’ whole coninaaod ver* outflanked gad tekon. ThflJ fOUgllt Ifitß tigei s, were surrounded aud broke through once, re formed aud fought to the last minute. It is said that when the General got down to Corinth he made the Bmml A And «Aid that ho fo quite Ultely that Old Abe would take them back again and take cure of them if they would agree to behave themselves. He Is pluck to the backbone. Therew jxodonbi that the Seceestonists O?Qt tUQirbo3t tTosps here for this battle. They have pushed off to the gulf ail the shaky Tennesseans and Kentuckians that they distrusted, and they have reinforced largely from tha army of the Potomac. Tlieir brifl&des A&d were admirably drilled, and retired in excellent order. They shifted their men from one part of the field to the other with admirable precision and great celerity. Their artillery was better soryed (ban WQ have ever HfienbflforOi though we have never had much experience in their fieUbbatteries. Their mußket firing was not so good as ours, and (here was not much chance for cavalry. The country ia rolling with small ravines, and for tho most part covered with large timber, and some little under brush. It is reported that large reiLtercements are constantly arriving at CoriDth, so we may expect them soon to Another stand. A private expedition set out the other day, which has ietnrued, entirely successful, but I am not at liberty to state its object. It will facilitate the ad vance* General Pope has probably before this stAtUd for this AriPV, and whin he arrives we shall be ready for aa advance, though we are in no hurry for a few days until the roads dry up. Tho weather, yesterday and to-day, ia very warm, and is making short work of the mud. Gen. Halleck to«day issued an order assuming command of the army in the field, and we shall soon be on our way to New Orleans. Beauregard calls {bis the battle of Shiloh, from fhelittla church near iiore in a town of that name. Hunt up your Scripture, and make a good point. CAS JO. GEN. M’DOWELL’S ADVANCE. ACCOUNT OF THE OCCUPATION OF FAL ttOTOB. Precipitate Flight if the Rebels. TWO BftIPQES BURNED BY THEM A PARLEY WITH THE CITY COUNCILS. Voder date ef April 19, we have an account of tile situation of affairs “opposite Frederickburg.” Perched upon the ridges of the long rolling swells 6f ttpliftd 7 Mir victorious little brigade jg looking , down upon tbe pleasant city of Fredericksburg, nestled upon the banks of the Rappahannock, while an impressive quiet, like the holy calm of a syg.- nicr Sabbath morn rests upon tho deserted town. The cavalry, says this correspondent, have been hanaseing the enemy all night, and this morning, led by Lieutenant Colonel Kilpatrick, made 8 most brilliant charge upon the hurie&dea across the road, driving hack the rebels; but not without some con siderable loss. At daylight the brigade moved for ward, forcing the enemy across the river, and, by a few well-directed shells, compelling Hin to retrofit beyond the heights south of Frederickshnrg. In his flight the heaps of shavings and tar placed upon the bridges several days ago were fired, and the Chatham and Railroad bridges were soon reduced to ruins, while the blaok smoka drifted beck into our faces, Minding the artillerymen, and for a time completely obscuring the operations of the enemy. The Ficklen bridge waa hut slightly burned, the Berdan Sharpshooters, by strewunM exertions, saving tbe greater portion of it. Falmouth Disposed to Loyalty. The little town of Falmouth, upon the north side of the Rappahannock, BWWIj opposite Frodorioks. burg, has been almost entirely deserted, though a number of Union farmers remain. The people generally receive our troops in a friendly manner, and express no little surprise upon learning they are to be protected instead of being HautderSd, os the rebels had assured them they would be. They had net the least idea of eur occupying the place, and tbe mills were running when onr cannon upon tho cliff belched forth its thunder, while women and Chil dren stood at the down with tuoir hands filled with sewing, dishes, and other articles pertaining to do mestic affairs, wiping their eyes upon their aprons, and sobbing as if the town was about to be laid in aihel. Mr. J. B. Ficklen, a wealthy citizen Of Fal mouth, whose loyalty has rendered him exceed ingly obnoxious to the rebels, invited den. Augur into his mansion, and entertained the staff and other cfficeißWith a bounteous repast. ~ Fredericksburg—Prizes. Fredericksburg Is yirtuallj in our possession, as our cannon command all its approaches. There is net the least sign of and the enemy, composed of infantry, artillery, and cavalry, sup posing that a large force was upon them, have in continently fled. Yesterday Col. Bonebroke, the rebel officer in command of all the forces in section) was out examining the pickets at the time of our approach, and was ebaaed by Lieut. Colonel Kilpatrick for four miles, but finally escaped, Col. Kilpatrick’s horse having injured his leg upon a snag* The rebel cavalry were made up from Staf ford, Fauquier, and the neighboring counties, and had been guarding this section for a considerable length of time, we have captured nineteen pri soners and killed a number of the enemy, but now many cannot be ascertained* A? t write, the rebels osn be seen with a glasß moving hurriedly offinthe distance, having burned their encampment south of the river. A number of fine steamers lie in the liver, with a oongidarable amount of shipping. The cars oan be heard running to and from the city, and the people crowd the streets and housetops watching the movements at oar encampment. Lieut. Leaf, of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, was the only officer wounded in that regiment. There wero three men killed and eight wounded. The infantry escaped without loss. There are a number of missing men, but as soldiers are coming in from time to time, it is probable that all will re turn. We have no opportunity of judging of the loss of the enemy. A Flag of Trace and a Farley. This afternoon Lieut Wood, of the General’s staff, and Lieut. Campbell, of the Fourth Artillery, eeeorted by a battalion of cavalry, went under a flag of truoe to the piers of the Chatham bridge for the purpose of communicating with the municipal authorities. Immediately opposite, afleld piecewaa planted} sweeping the road) but reepeet for the white flag averted the disaster which the rebel in habitants might have visited upon adifferent party. White flags were waving at different points alone the river, and as the officers rode on the unbunted portion of the bridge, two oitixens, with a handker chief attached to a small stick, were seen approach ing the party timidly, as if in fear of some terrible catastrophe. These gentlemen stated that the City Councils had just held a meeting, and appointed a committee, consisting of the Mayor (Mr. Slaughter), three members from each board, and three oiti rens, to oonfer with onr general relative to the oo cupation of Fredericksburg. While extremely anxious for the safety of their families and proper ty, they took especial pains to impress upon our mental faculties that the City Councils had in their TWO CENTS. meeting adopted a Series of resolutions declaring that Fredericksburg, since the ordinance of seces sion, bad boen unanimous!; in favor of secession, and was still firmly !»UwhVfl to the Coafedflr&t-e cauee. ' Termination of the Interview. After some parley, the gentlemen having made known the wishes of tbo municipal authorities to eoafer with General Augur, the officers who had passed over repassed to the opposite bank. The only means of crossing were two small leaky skiffs tone of which would only carry tiro men) propelled by a single oar each, and drifting down the current, at every trip, far below the landing-place. After much paddling on the part of the messengers, the officers were landed in the mud at the foot of one- of the streets, which was blocked up by acrowd- of men, women, and children, of all Ages, aandlUoas, and Colors. As the boat ran into the mud, the throng pressed down to the water’s edge, as if an elephant were landing, and flocked around the Yankee soldiers in an immense crowd, requiring a considor&blfl use of lufage and muaele on the put of tbo commit tee before that august body was enabled to examine the strangers. Had the committee been dictating to us terms of surrender, they could not have been more frigid, though they wwo vary desirous of meeting tbfi general Of the Northern army is tbeir city ‘whenever it might prove agreeable' to him to cross over in the skiff. As for themselves, they considered it too hazardous to trust their pr?9iftus lives in such sb vita. fhe interview speedily terminated, and tbe officers returned to camp. General Augur bad expressed bis willingness to meet the municipal authorities half way, bat in view of s\Kb fmtitf' be concluded to postpone the interview until a more convenient season, leaving the committee to work out their own salvation. The Citizens Peaceably Disposed’. Our officers ar? cautioned against entering tbe city without a very heavy force, as it is believed that tbe rebels have onJy fallen back for reinforcements and to draw us into a trap. AU tbe rolling-stock upon the railroad has been removed, and every thing which tbo rebels thought might he of service to us destroyod. It is impossible to ford the river at this place, and all the boats have been burned, except a small, dilapidated ferry-boat } but it is believed one of tbe bridges will be repaired in a fW stays, A number of families are baking bread for our officers, and tbe citizens generally upon this side of tbe liver are rapidly making friends with tbe soldiers. Great surprise is manifested at the Hue appearance of tbe troops, and the ibusic of the brass bands appears to enrapture the people com pletely. The stringent order of the general has effectually prevented all marauding and pillaging, and the residents are becoming quite easy with re gard to the safety of their property, Guards axe stationed to protect a few houses in .Falmouth, but tbe vigilance of tbe mounted patrols, and the punisbment meted out to all stragglers from camp, have rendered such duty almost unnecessary. Our Loss. It is believed that our loss is less than that of the enemy, as a number of wounded were carried tbrough Falmouth by tbe rebels and some of their dead nave been found along the route of the ad vance. Our cavalry charged down upon them re peatedly, and followed close upon their heels for a distance of twelve miles. Had we reached the river fifteen minutes eavlUr, d&uktUss we could hSVO SftVCd dhe bridge, as the people say the rebels rushed over it pell mell, returning again in a few moments, and firing it just as our front appeared upon the brow of tb« hill, The following is the loss m the Ekst Pennsylva nia Cavalry : Corporal Nathan Canfer, Co. M, shoulder. Private Thomas Norton, Co. M, seriously. Private Joseph Btavk, Cq, M| leg* Private ‘William Griffy, Co. M, arm. Private Thomas Martin, Co. M, shoulder. Private Patrick McNamara, Co. M, forehead. Pm&te John Klink, Go. M» intestines. Private John Podamalt, Co. M, hip. Private John Isabel, Co. M, hip. Private James Worthington, Co. D, shoulder. FROM rOfiKTQWN. More Skirmishing. A correspondent of the New York HerM, wri ting from the United States steamer Stepping Stones, which lies off Hail way Point, on the Pa quorin river, has the following, under date of the lstb find lsth instant; Visit to the Lee’s Mills-’ Wounded. A number of the men who were wounded during the fight at Lee's Mills on Wednesday afternoon were brought to this place last evening, and placed on board the Massachusetts. I went to see them this morning. They are twenty-three in number, the majority of whom belong to the Sixth Vermont Volunteers. A few belong to Portos’s division, Bbd two or throe were wounded, in a previous skir mish. and have been on board the Massachusetts for a few days. Hone of the men are dangerously, though some are painfully wounded. Those who ere badly hurt are otherwise taken care of. Most of the men I saw are wounded, in the groin, hips, or legs. Nearly all are cheerful entering freely into conversation with visitors, to whom they express a desire to get better seen, so as to have another brush with the rebels. Lost His Speech—A Singular Story. The case of one man who wag pointed PUt to me oondrinstho oorrvotnvseof the notions entertained of the singular effects of cannon shot passing in close proximity to the human body. The man’s name is Tucker. He belongs to the Massachusetts V olunteers, and he is eng ef tka ib&r s-ko was hu-t Oh k previous occasion. A shell passed close to his breast, almost, but net quite, touching his clothing. Such was the effect of the dangerous proximity of the missile that the poor fellow lost tbo 080 Of ilia speech, and did not leoover it till four days after. A Sergeant's Account of the Fight. Leaving these men, I had an interview with an intelligent sergeant of a Vermont regiment, who is among the wounded. He is a very fine looking man, with ruddy complexion, and deep-blue eyes, the severity of his wound not being sufficient to pale the one nor to dim the lustre of the other. He IS, ill fteefy respect, a fine specimen of a ttrccu Mountain Boy. From the sergeant I learned some particulars of the fight at Lee’s Mills. He says the action commenced with a brisk cannonade on both sides, lasting for some tiigo, when the rebel guns wore silenced by the Union artillery. Orders were then given for three companies of the Third Ver mont to advance The order was easier given than executed, however, for the rebel entrenchments, as usual, were concealed in the woods, while, with ingenuity worthy of a better cause, the rebels had, by means of dams, contrived to flood the space be tween their entrenchments and where the loyal troops were drawn np with water, varying from two to four feet in depth, rendering the approach to the rebel works difficult and slow, from the ne cessity of wading, and seriously obstructing the process of loading; in fact, rendering it impracticable where the water waa deepest. Sams persons estimate the space to be waded at forty rods, but my informant regards tins as an exagge ration. He estimates it at fifteen rods in extent. Sven taking the lowest figure, the difficulty of thus stdvuuciug on a co&ccalcd foe, protected by breast works, will be at once perceived, nothing daunt ed, however, the Green Mountain Boys at once dashed into the water and began to wade towards the rebel works, They were permitted to advance considerably more than half way, when the rebels opened a terrific fire of musketry on them, cutting them down on every side. The Vermonters fired in return, hut, on attempting to reload, the depth of water rendered it almost impossible, and, after Standing their ground for some time, they were compelled to retreat, amid a perfect hail of bullets. The ounning of the rebels, in allowing them to cross so nearly over, was now seen, for thy w#ttr M SO rlvueiy impeded their retreat as li had their ad> vance, and by the time the remnant of the three companies got out of range it was found that about one hundred of their number were killed and Wounded. More Skirmishing, and the Result. Nearly the whole of yesterday the boom of heavy guns waa beard in the direotion of the Union camp before Yorktowu, and early this DWiaSng th« BBIHU sounds reached us at our moorings. It is evident that brisk skirmishing was going on yesterday, and that it has been renewed this morning. I have just been informed that some more wounded have been brought in. Search is being made foe a ves sel of light draught, capable of lying close in shore, on board of which to place them. About fifty more wounded men are expected to be brought iu directly. Bach of them ae are not badly wounded will be left at Fortress Monroe, while those more dangerously hurt will be sent on to Washington. A Captain Killed by his Fi<?k?ts, Captain Wood, Company p. Fourth Michigan Regiment, Colonel Woodbury, wrs shot last eve ning by one of his own men while on picket. He was posting the picket guard and got outside the lines, and, on coming in, waa mistaken for a rebel, and shot at accordingly. The ball entered the left side and passed clear through his body. He died this morning from the effect of the wound. Captain Wood lived in Sturgis, St, Joseph county, Mich, where he leaves a wire and family. His regiment was recruited in that place. He came out as second lieutenant of the company. VICTOn HUGO'S 11 LE9 MISERABLES.”—A Curious interest attaches to this remarkable French novel, whieh Mr. Carleton, pf New York, has in press from advance foreign sheets. The author’s only other novel, “ Notre Dame de Paris” wuaooepted by its publisher on condition that he should bring out every succeeding work by that author. “ Notre Dame” proved a brilliant SUC9WSS, wd the fortune of —the publisher. Victor Hugo then wrote “Les Miserables,” determining to respect the oondition, but to make his own terms with the unscrupulous brain-trafficker. These terms wore at once rejected, and the author, unreleased from the old obligation, was obliged to put by his manu script for a more favorable season. Year after year be renewed proposals, increasing each year his demand, until at last the publisher died, and, after waiting nearly a quarter of a century, the well-seasoned, if not seasonable, lf Les Miserables' ’ is in press. Tbr Frekch i Minister's Visit.—Notwith standing the denials as to there being any political importance in the visit of the Frenah minister to Richmond, it is still believed here, says the Washington correspondent of the New York World, by a large oirole of politicians, that M. Mercier is reajly flbbirt to propose to the Con federate Government to surrender at discretion. The gossips now say that ex-Sanator Gwin an nounced a short time since as being at Rich mond, was really sent there in the interest of our Government, and that the object of botb visits is to prove to the rebels the impossibility of contending ngainst the power of the Union. There are also people hore who believe that this visit is at the in stance of some members of the Confederate Govern ment who wish a pretest for giving up the contest. It .will be lets humiliating for them to surrender, to the French Emperor, and be restored to the Union through his good offices, than to submit directly to the “ hated Yankees.” Mosdst was the anniversary of the evacuation of Nprfolk navy yard. THE WAR PRESS. Tax Wax Parse will be sent to subscriber* by mail (per annum In advance) at..... 93.09 Three Copies “ 5.09 Flos u u a ~,,,,,.,,,,1. 8.90 Ten «* ** *• 13.09 Larger Clubs will be charged at the Dame rata, thus: 20 copies win coot $24; 50 copies will cost 980: and 100 Cspiss 9190. ' For a Club or Twenty-one or over, we will send an Extra Copy to the getter-up ef the Club. SP” Postmaster* ora requested ft ftf Agfett lot Tun WAM mass. WT 1 Advertisement* insortod at the tuaal ratoff.- Mv lines eoaditnte a aqnara. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS* Rebel Reports from Yorktown. THSI3, ACC6FHT OF THE LATE FIGHT AT TiFeui mi -SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE FRENCH MINIB TER'S VISIT TO RICHMOND. TilE EOnBARASENT OF FORT 91AC99 (tOUIMEIHIED. Our correspondent at Fortress Monroe sands us files of rebel papers np-to Sunday last. The prin cipal topics discussed are tbe condition of affairs at Yorktown, and the visit of the J?fe&cU nail! later tv Richmond. Tbe rebels acknowledge that the suc cess or failure of their cause is staked on the Issue at Yorktown. Hebei Accounts of tfte Operations at Yorktown The of April 15, says: Wo saw a gentleman, lost evening, who had con versed With some two or throb officers attached t» tbe Fifteenth North Carolina regiment, and whip were in the fight on Wednesday. From them wa get a few additional particulars. It is stated, by one, that Urn, 3'.PUex, v ), tf 9rt h Ca rolina bad been in line of battle three or four hour* during tbe day, momentarily expecting an attack; but tbo enemy not appearing, they were ordered in Hack arms and prepare for dinner, While ettjny. i»g their reputv, a couple of Yankee eomponiM waded Warwick river, a very narrow stream, whioh was believed to be unford&bie. and, thus eluding onr pickets, came suddenly upon the camp. Thu long roll was sounded immediately, end the mu rushed to their arms, driving the enemy back int* the creek, killing all of both oompanies exoept eight, who surrendered, and wero taken prisoner*. It is stated that it was during this fJjsrgj that Co? lens! MvKinnvy was kilied, the ballot striking hint on the top of the forehead and passing through hi* head. He died instantly. Another statement represents that the regiment was drawn up in line of battlo, ana the Oo!<m<J, discovering that Cite wing Of his regiment appeared to falter, rnsbed in tbat direction, with his cap off, and waved to his men to follow him. This singled him out as a prominent mark for the enemy, sharp iKlolti,, aeS he fell WVundod* The enemy, hearing the firing, appeared in large numbers on the opposite bank of the river, and the fighting then became general, tbe Fifteenth North Carolina, the Sixteenth Georgia, and the Second Louisiana being aatively engaged. The fight lasted from three o'olock P. M. until seven, and not from eight o’clock A. M. until seven o'clock P. M., as stated in our telegraphic despatch. " r General Howell Cobb commanded, and it is stated tbat the troops under his command were handled with consummate skill. One report says that the enemy jggg, hftVO had *» fstirv brigade engaged, and that the river and tbe hill beyond were literally covered with th» dead and wounded. We took several prisoners, who made various statements as to their numbers, do., but we could not hear what they were. Farther Particulars. We understand that the Fifteenth North Caro lina bore tbe brunt of the fight some half hour or before Louisiana and Georgia regiments came to their aid. They had been in the rifle pita for two days, hourly expecting a fight, with but little food, and no opportunities for. sleep, aDd had retired for dinner but a half hour before the enemy made his appearance. When attacked they fought with great gallantry, and suffered considerably, a* the following list of casualties will show ; 11 killed, 34 wounded,and .31 missing. Of the wounded, tw* bad died before o«r !ufoj-ir.t ivfj, «n<i gome others, it is thought, will die. We wen unable to learn the names of any of the killed, wounded, or missing, The Rebel Cause Slated in the at Yorktown* The 'Wilmington (N. C.) Journal ; April 14, 9*7* ; When the battle does come off it will be a tearful one for tbe stake is enormous, being ft&lhlbg lo** thkb the ffttfe of Virginia. Having taken month* to prepare, having assembled suon a force as tbo world has not seen since Napoleon advanced into Russia, McClellan feels that to him defeat would ba ruin, while Confederate sofrfiers and leaden feel that not only their fate, but the fate oftheir coun try, is stated upon the■ issue, and they cannot offord to be defeated . Tbe contest cannot long bo deferred 1 The newi of a terrible haul* m&v sub tle us at any ttOMAbt. We trust that our people are prepared, not only to call upon God to defend tbe right, but, under God, to defend it themselves, with brave hearts, strong arms, and sufficient nun* b«s. Wave, Richmond! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry ! —for not only th? fate of the ftffiiftrary seat of Go» Tenement) but of Hoetern Virginia* and even more than tbat, trembled in the balance. We presume tbat President Davis himself will be on tho field, as be has intimated. He will share the fate of hie soldiers in life or in dfe&tk 7 In victory defeati The New York Herald thinks that tho drama if soon to close with » bloody tragedy of surpassing grandeur, when McClellan is to be rewarded by the capture of the Confederate Cabinet and Gaa gret& The boastful confidence of tha Ndffcbem press and authorities is something that affords m very strange eontrast to the dismal, universal howl that arose after the battle of Manassas lost July j and lh& {fiapartikl observer xnay hi? pttZfilCd tW decide whioh of the two phases of character is en titled to the largest measure of contempt. The Visit ol' the French Minister le Richmond The papers we have received are filled with edi torial surmises and letters from correspondents, making inquiries in relation to the vißit pf (fit St each minister to Riohmona, The journals all seem to be in the dark on the subject, and their con jectures are, to say the least of them, amusing. They all try to win ftp faypi of the Frenoh diplomat* and are very profuse in their iffisrifigs to France if she will only acknowledge their independence. The Richmond Dispatch, of Saturday last, ex tracts from which will ha found below, wknta France to raise the “inefficient” blockade, while hi another part of the same article it makes the ao knowledgment that if the South had not been de prived by this same blockade from receiving arnu and ammunition, she would have her independence long ago. The Dispatch says : The Examiner of yesterday says “ (be objects of tbe French minister's visit nave not definitely transpired,” but it is said that, outside of his offi cial communications, he has expressed great inte rest to ascertain what commercial treaties the Cenfedemtc Government was disposed to moke wiih France. Now, we know not what treaties the Government may be disposed to make, but we do know what the people would applaud to the very echo—namely, a treaty securing to France, fee a glvsu numW'vf years, ah equal right to our enormoue carrying trade with our own vessels, provided she will raise the blockade and give ub tho same access to her arsenals and foundries that our enemies ppjoy, Rfff west arm f»p4 we want ammunition. Had we possessed a sufficient supply of these two indis pensable requisites to the successful proseeution of modern warfare in the beginning of the war, wo should have put an end to it long ago. Let Fr&nse raise the blockade, and we will toot, do it now, and, in order to effect that desirable object, nothing ie more necessary than a simple declaration on tho fart of France that she will no longer respect it. t is, after ail, the merest of shams in the world. It is nothing more or less than a paper blookado, such as England imposed against France by her famous Orders in Council. Already five hundred vessels have successfully eluded it. and thereby established tbe fact that it is no blockade under any interpretation of the treaty of Paris. France has an opportunity now which will never be offered her again. She may secure our coasting trade—if onr GbvbrhzneDl should not unwisely pfVYVUV |( — for we have no ships worth speaking of. To the Editor of the Richmond Dispatch .- Count Mercier has opened negotiations urith the Secretary of Stale, and Congress have deter mined to remain at their post during the important mission of the minister of the Emperor. Any kind of arrangement wilt be made with the Presi dent of the Confederacy, and this is a perfect at-- towwledgmtnt by France of Mir indtpindiHM from the old United States. lam happy that my article in the Enquirer of yesterday has produowt the desired effect to prolong the Congress, while negotiations with Count Morel?;- pro gQmg OH. Dr. Lemoike. [Richmond letter of April 18, in Petersburg Express.) M. le Comte Henri Meroier, the Frenoh minister to the United States, who arrived in this city on Wednesday from Washington, had a long Inter view yesterday with the Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State. The nature of this interview has not transpired. It is said that these two difl tinguirbed functionaries rpoho tho Frenoh dialect altogether, the gallant Frenchman not having yet been enabled to master the good old Anglo-Saxon idiom. Count Mercier had a bag of document* with him, and it is supposed that he laid some wary important papers before the representative ol the young Confederacy, Subsequently, Dr. Lemoine, a distinguished Frenchman from Louisiana, had a long interview with the Coun', in which th? fOTSCT took occasion to impart some very interesting foot* to the young Frenoh diplomat. Opening of (he of Fort Macon The Kiohmond Dispatch of tho 19 th contains the following telegraphic despatch: Wilmihgtos, April 18,1862. —A private litter, dated 17th inst-, says that the enemy (Union forces} attacked Port Maebrt last Saturday, cl ml hciVS hr <l! fighting two days. Colonel While, sent out a part of bis men on the beach, and found three hundred Yankees. They killed fifteen of onr men. Wo then retreated to the fort, and Colonel White fired canister at the enemy, killing a large number. The enemy hare ereoted a battery two miles from the fort, on the beaob, and bare planted mortara and largo sired siege guns Eleven large ships are now outside the hntbor, The enemy here sent to Ifewbeirn for gunboats to operaie in the Sound, They have been committing every imaginable out rage in Carteret and Onslow counties. The fort had not been taken on Wednesday. | Prom the SJctmonl Dispatch, April 19. J From the Eorth Carolina coaetwe have intelli gence of the enemy’s attack upon Fort Macon, and of the gallant resistance of our troops up to Wednesday evening. It is supposed th(H OUT forces may it alls to hold the fort against the assaults of the invaders. We have also a telegram in relation to a skirmish near the city of Savannah, in which the enemy were repulsed with some lorn. Further Search foe Sir Jon* Frahk lin.—An Englishman, Mr. Parker Snow, will boo* arrive in New York, on his way to the north in search of traces of Sir John Franklin and his party. The rieter of one of the lost officers and her mends furnish most of the means for tho eipa dition-
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